5th Annual Memphis International Piano Festival & Competition Concert will kick off this Friday, October 16 and continue through Sunday, October 18, with a virtual collegiate masterclass, awards ceremony and winners’ recital. This event will be livestreamed via Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/event/307776. See below for a full schedule. Friday, October 16th,…
Honey Scheidt, the wife of philanthropist and businessman Rudi E. Scheidt, died on September 11, 2020, at the age of 90. From University of Memphis President M. David Rudd: “The U of M family has lost a beloved friend, advocate and supporter, Honey Scheidt,” University of Memphis President David Rudd…
The Rudi E. Schiedt School of Music will welcome the composer and performer Mario Diaz de Leon for a virtual masterclass via Zoom on Tuesday, September 1 at 4 p.m. Diaz de Leon is an assistant professor of composition with the College of Arts & Letters at the Stevens Institute…
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The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music will host the 5th Annual Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition in a fully virtual format on October 16-18. This year’s Annual Memphis International Piano Festival and Competition is comprised of a piano competition for ages 4-19 featuring cash prizes, a virtual collegiate…
Big things are happening for the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music today as construction fencing goes up around the future site of the Scheidt Family Music Center.
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Dr. Kyle Ferrill, associate professor of voice with the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, launched The Balanced Singer Podcast earlier this summer. The podcast, which promises to bring insights from yoga, meditation, Buddhism, habit formation and more to the practices of singing and the teaching of singing, grew as…
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The Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and the Department of Theatre & Dance released a pair of videos this past weekend that pay tribute to graduating CCFA seniors at the end of an unprecedented 2020 semester. From The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music: …
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Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music student and Blue Tom Records artist Kelsey Taylor released her first EP, titled “silencer.” Taylor, a 20-year-old singer/songwriter and music business major with a penchant for piano, released the five-song EP on April 10. From an early start in middle school choirs and high…
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UofM singer-songwriter Compton McMurry released a new single today titled “Coming In” from his debut album, East. McMurry, a student with the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music , teamed with Grammy-nominated engineer Logan Green for the production of East, which will release next month. For more information on Compton…
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The University of Memphis and College of Communication and Fine Arts community are saddened to hear about the loss of Knox Phillips, who died Wednesday at age 74 at his home in Eads, Tennessee. Knox, a renowned producer, publisher, Memphis Music Hall of Famer and the son of legendary Sun…
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